Aklan court bars permanent structures on Ati land
By Nestor P. Burgos Jr.
An Aklan court has barred the construction of permanent structures in the Ati community on Boracay Island.
An Aklan court has barred the construction of permanent structures in the Ati community on Boracay Island.
The Aklan provincial board has warned that the killing of the spokesperson of the Ati tribe on Boracay Island could spur more violence on the popular island-resort if the crime is not solved quickly.
Violence has erupted anew on Boracay Island over a property dispute between two private owners in the world-famous destination.
Dexter Condez had learned to fight for his rights at a young age. When he was in Grade 4, he stopped going to school because he was teased and bullied by his classmates for being an Ati. Articulate and passionate, he believed that a person’s worth is not measured by the color of the skin.
The three Ati tribal leaders of Boracay Island just came from a meeting with nuns about 9 p.m. on Friday to prepare for Mass on Sunday and discuss the beautification of their community.
Filipinos grabbed top honors in a world windsurfing competition held last week on Boracay Island, the country’s premier tourist attraction.
ILOILO CITY – Armed security guards of a hotel chain operator destroyed parts of a perimeter fence of the Ati community on Boracay Island on Sunday over property boundary disputes, police said. Armed with shotguns and hand guns, at least 20 security guards of the Cebu-based J. King and Sons Co. Inc. went to the [...]
The Coast Guard has recommended a review of safety measures in water activities on Boracay Island after five tourists died in two separate accidents on Wednesday.
In what many believed was impossible on Boracay, government work crews on Thursday demolished structures at a posh resort that officials said were illegally constructed in violation of laws protecting the environment.
Iloilo City—Cancellations of tourist bookings from China have failed to make a dent on tourist arrivals on Boracay Island for the first half of the year, data from the Department of Tourism (DOT) showed.
The three claimants of a piece of land on the island resort of Boracay that has been awarded to the Ati tribe are barred from building any structures on the property.
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) has issued a writ of possession for the Ati tribe on Boracay Island over their ancestral land in the world-famous resort.
Boracay Island’s endangered fruit bats, the flying foxes, are in danger of completely disappearing as their numbers are rapidly declining because of several factors, among them the construction frenzy on the world famous resort island, according to a conservation group.
